 January 7, 2021
For school, daycare closures
The State of Oregon has extended the use of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (CV) through January 31, 2021. Employees who have not used all 80 hours of CV leave provided by the FFCRA in 2020 may use those remaining hours in the month of January 2021.
Also, effective January 1 through January 31, 2021, employees who qualify for OFLA and use OFLA sick child leave for school or childcare closures due to COVID-19 may have those hours paid using the CXT pay code.
Unprotected paid and unpaid leave is also available as outlined in Scenario 1 on the Guide for Leave Related Absences due to COVID-19.
If you have specific questions please contact the ODHS FMLA/OFLA Unit at FMLA-OFLA.faxes@dhsoha.state.or.us or (503) 945-5646. You also can reach out to your Senior Human Resources business partner.
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Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is taking steps to scale up Oregon’s vaccine program and achieve Governor Brown’s goal of 12,000 COVID-19 vaccinations per day within the next two weeks.
Oregon’s pace of COVID-19 vaccinations is on par with other states, with more than 1.2 percent of the population having been vaccinated as of yesterday.
This week OHA announced it will take the following steps:
- Speed Phase 1A prioritization by simplifying the staging and sequencing among groups.
- Speed the number of doses delivered to nursing home staff and residents by activating Part B of federal pharmacy partnerships. OHA anticipates this change will speed vaccinations to approximately 80,000 staff and residents.
- Speed the number of doses delivered to health care workers and other Phase 1A groups by giving them the option to get vaccinated at retail pharmacies.
- Make more doses available to Phase 1A workers by leveraging every available public health capability at our disposal.
- Speed the number of doses delivered to unaffiliated health care workers, nursing home staff and others by supporting innovative partnerships, such as a collaboration between OHSU and labor union SEIU to launch a pilot vaccination effort.
Oregon is currently in Phase 1A of the vaccination effort. So far, members of Group 1 of Phase 1A are receiving vaccine, which includes staff who work in hospitals, urgent care settings, skilled nursing and memory care facilities (and residents) and tribal health programs, as well as emergency medical service providers and other first responders.
The changes give providers more flexibility to vaccinate people in other groups in Phase 1A, rather than each group getting vaccinated sequentially.
Others who are eligible for Phase 1A vaccinations include people who work in:
- Congregate care sites, such as nursing homes and residential behavioral health programs.
- Outpatient providers who serve specific high-risk groups.
- Home health providers.
- All other outpatient providers.
- Public health programs, and a range of other front-line roles.
Sequencing for future phases will be determined by the new Vaccine Advisory Committee, which meets for the first time today. We’ll keep you posted on how ODHS staff fit into the vaccination plans as information becomes available.
More information can be found on OHA's COVID-19 vaccine webpage.
The health of our employees is a top priority. Staff at affected offices are always notified as soon as possible by Human Resources and local management of any potential exposure to COVID-19. Others may also want to get this information emailed to them. Staff can subscribe here to receive email notifications. A master list of offices with a potential COVID-19 exposure and notification letters can be found on the OWL.
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